The Horizon

Lights, music, lip-sync, dancing and drag performers filled the IU Southeast Hoosier Room during Glitter Fever 2016 - Carnaval.
The annual event took place on Saturday, March 12, in the Hoosier Room in University Center North. Ten drag queens, kings, and faux-queens performed over the two acts that...

Before Brian Sims was a diversity advocate or a Pennsylvania state representative, he had to come to terms with others knowing about his sexuality.
While Sims was a captain of his football team during his senior year at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania, one of his teammates walked up to him and...

IU Southeast’s students possess a variety of interests and the campus’ many student organizations allow them to share those interests with one another. A few of these organizations are detailed below.
Student Veterans Organization
The Student Veterans Organization (SVO) allows veterans on campus to ...

Members of the IU Southeast Gay-Straight Alliance gathered with nearly 1,000 others in downtown Louisville on June 14 to march in the Kentuckiana Pride Parade.
The annual parade is part of the two-day Pride Festival that celebrates the diversity of members and friends of the LGBT community. Many...

Glitter, wigs, costumes, fake beards and more could be found in the Ogle Center Oct. 27 for the Gay Straight Alliance’s Drag Show.
This was the first drag show of the school year, with the second to follow in March 2013. Dylan Kidwell, secondary education sophomore and GSA president, said he though...

Close your eyes and think about the images that come to mind when you hear the word marriage.
Common images could be a wedding with heartfelt vows, the wedding cake, a reception with funny toasts or having a little too much champagne by the end of the night.
Now imagine going through the wh...

Amid inflatables, roasted corn stands, several strollers and attendees dressed in sweatshirts and jeans, there was a princess walking around IU Southeast’s Fall Festival on Oct. 7.
Little did she know her validity was about to be tested by an inquisitive young girl.
“Are you a real princess?” th...

During the summer, gay rights and marriage equality has been talked about in the news and political arenas.
Even some companies, such as Chick-Fil-A and Oreo’s rainbow cookie, have come out against it or in support of it. It has caused a lot of controversy on both sides, from people refusing t...

Dressed scantily clad in high heels, drag queens took over the stage in Stem Hall for the annual IUS Drag Show on March 3.
The Gay Straight Alliance put on the drag show for the fourth consecutive year. This year’s show featured seven acts comprised of students, staff and members of the communi...

The Gay Straight Alliance has been working on a proposal that will create awareness of gender neutral restrooms and add additional facilities on campus.
Hunter Luthi, informatics senior and GSA president, has been working for the last six months on expanding the gender neutral rest-rooms on campus....

The IUS Civil Liberties Union hosted this year’s annual Constitution Day event on Sept. 15 in the IUS Library. The event included a panel of touted scholars and covered the topic of constitutional interpretation.
Sean Welch, president of the CLU, said he was pleased with the turnout of the event.
“I...